Ferris Media - TheNewsS1

Assignment #5--THS Action News

Now it is time for you to create the THS Action News
You are in charge so you get to pick the order, the stories and who presents them
Make sure to read ALL directions
- DIRECTIONS and Specifics

Here is an example of what the newscast might look like (featuring Mrs. Clayton and Mrs. Ferris)

Using the class Voki create a news introduction--Voki.com/classroom allows you to create talking animations. You can select the person doing the talking, you can write the information for it to read OR you can call in with your cell phone and record your own voice (talk to Mrs. Ferris before you do this).
You must include:
- Your name (introduce yourself)
- The name of your newscast
- The date
- An overview of tonight's top stories (you must have at least 3)
- A brief top story

You only have 60 seconds in your Voki
You news anchor should look professional (remember this is a news cast).
All your information must be school appropriate
The computers DO NOT have speakers
- If you want to listen to your Voki you will need headphones OR come see Mrs. Ferris and you can hear it from her computer, or there are a couple pairs of headphones you can check out

Here is Mrs. Ferris' Example

You are going to take the available news stories that I have given you and create a rundown of the order they will run
Make sure to pay attention to the total time (22 minutes)
You will need to put in where you want the commercials to play (as in between what stories)
You can do this on the computer or on paper
Make sure to read all directions.
Remember, there are 60 seconds in a minute

Create the front page of your newspaper
You must have
- A Nameplate (check your vocab)
- 3 Headlines (check your notes on how to show what news is the most important)
  - And 3 brief stories before the headlines
- 2 pictures with captions
- All appropriate punctuation and grammar must be used
You can take my template and modify it
You can do it on paper with magazine pictures
You can create your own version in Word or Google Docs (Google will give you less formatting options)

Visit Newseum and view the Papers from TODAY
Check out the Front Pages from around the country
Pick 5 news papers from DIFFERENT States
Copy the pages into a Google Doc or Google Presentation
- This must be done on the FIRST DAY--News changes so you must get your 5 front pages TODAY. Otherwise you have to start over tomorrow. Copy first, THEN go back and answer the questions

Answer the following questions for each front page
1. What paper did you choose? (should be on top of the slide with the image)What City/State were they each from (should be on top of the slide with the image)
2. What headlines were used? (make sure to list the main headline from EACH PAPER you selected)
3. What pictures or graphics were shown?
4. What stood out to YOU the most

Once you are done with your 5, create a new slide/page and answer these questions
- How were the stories different from the different papers/states?
- What stories were the same through the different papers?
- What emotions were shown? What tone was present in the front pages (positive, negative, scary)
- Do you think any of this stories will be remembered in 10 years? Which ones? Why?